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Friday, January 18, 2013

A Walk in the Woods series, Part 2

The background strip sets are completed, and now the magic begins. I started insetting the trees today, and love what is happening.

On the left is the darker strip set, which I've just pinned next to the lighter one that I am working with now. I'm planning to use the darker strip set on either end of the lighter, like you are looking into the trees with a shaft of light coming through the canopy. I have a long weekend, so it would be nice if I got all the trees inset before I head back to work on Tuesday. We shall see!

I did some snow dyeing a few years ago, and have never used the fabric. Several of them seemed perfect for this piece, so I included them. And with all the snow we have, I decided to use up the dyes I've had in the studio frig with some snow. I even scored a basket to hold the fabric at Saver's- it's supposed to be a grill basket, but it will never see food now!

I have three pieces of fabric in this batch, using cool colors. Tomorrow I'll do three or four more pieces, using the yellows and red dyes I have. I may look at my dye powders; if I have any mixed dyes, I may make up a little bit to use for this since the mixed dyes split in such interesting ways.

I will probably be posting more 'foodie' items- with Sean here now, it has been so much fun exploring out of the ordinary eateries. Maybe next time I'll show you what we ate for Shannon's birthday lunch!

I hope you are staying out of the cold, and finding to to be creative! I'm linking this to Nina-Marie's Off the Wall Friday blog- make sure to look at all the other creative artists that are there.

About Me

I've had a needle in my hand as long as I can remember. After thinking for years that my brother got all the artistic genes in our family, I'm discovering the joys of creating my own fabric with dyes, paints, and about anything else one can use to color on fabric. My fiber art truly is the therapy that sees me though my day job as a clinical social worker.